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Aunt Sally: Should I let my parents see my children?

I have two gorgeous young children and a devoted husband, but we've fallen out with my parents (both are over 70), with whom we own a business. The situation has become so serious that I haven't spoken to my father for almost a year. He wants to retain control over the business and is prepared to accuse us of fraud to achieve it. My mother is suffering badly and misses her grandchildren so much. I think she's having a breakdown, but she stands by my father in his attempt to bring me and my husband down.

She uses bullying tactics to try to force me to let her have the children, such as booking holiday tickets for them even after we've said they can't go. It hurts me very much that they don't see the children and the children miss them, but I believe there's only so much a person